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Daily Telegraph Vintage No 25
Hints and Tips by Rossophile
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***
Welcome to my latest, and possibly last effort in this enlightening and enjoyable vintage series. It depends whether Saturday V27 has already been covered on the BD blog, otherwise I can have a go. A few unknown words today, and some tenuous parsings. Our volunteer Deansleigh is in charge tomorrow
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Typically with Beam, the trickery lies not so much in the construction but the synonyms.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31011
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning, fellow puzzlers.
Well it is definitely not RayT today and I don’t think it is Silvanus either, so over to you, dear reader, for Guess the Setter. Senf – you might need more than one of your hard earned loonies for this one.
I think this is a lovely puzzle and perfectly pitched for a Thursday. What do you think?
As Daisy has freely admitted to being in her tenth decade, in the interests of safety and her own wellbeing, I will not be posting an image for 8d. Barely worth the risk.
In the blog below, the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED and the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the “Click Here” buttons. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and what you thought of the puzzle.
Many thanks to our mystery setter and to the DT Crossword Team.